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SB 1940

Credit card transactions; excluding amounts from interchange fee charges; requiring rebates from payment card networks. Effective date.

2026 Regular Session Introduced by Kyle Hilbert and 1 co-sponsor

Oklahoma bill would exclude swipe fees from credit card transactions and mandate payment network rebates to reduce merchant processing costs.

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Bill Summary · SB 1940

Legislative bill overview

SB 1940 would exclude swipe fee charges from credit card transactions and require payment card networks to provide rebates to merchants or consumers. The bill appears designed to reduce the effective cost of credit card processing by redirecting or reducing swipe fee amounts, though specific implementation details are not provided in the available information.

Why is this important

Swipe fees (interchange fees) represent a significant operating cost for retailers and ultimately affect consumer prices, as businesses pass processing costs along. This bill addresses a long-standing point of friction between merchants and payment networks, potentially affecting pricing across the retail sector and how payment processing is structured.

Potential points of contention

  • Merchant pass-through behavior: Requiring rebates doesn't guarantee merchants will lower prices rather than increase profit margins, potentially limiting consumer benefit
  • Payment network compliance and cost shifting: Card networks may respond by adjusting other fees, raising annual charges, or reducing cardholder rewards programs
  • Implementation clarity: The bill's mechanism for "excluding amounts from swipe fee charges" and how rebates are calculated and distributed remains undefined in available summaries, creating uncertainty about enforceability

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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